A co-worker suggested to save CPU by having one job to cache a VSAM file [which is frequently looked up by multiple jobs] and introduce a new "look up" API to "connect" to that job and locate a particular record with a given key.
I am a bit outdated in current systems services, so my first suggestion was to use EXCI into a CICS region or call a DB2 stored procedure which would act as a "server", but the question is - is there an easier way to accomplish this in pure batch? I am familiar with the cross-memory access but this would require heavy assembler coding, APF authorization, etc. all of which we are trying to avoid. TIA! -Victor- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
